Running head: SHOULD SCHOOLS BE INVOLVED IN SOCIAL MEDIA? 1 “Position Paper 3: Should Schools Be Involved in Social Media?” Connie McCartney December 2, 2014 EDT 50060 SHOULD SCHOOLS BE INVOLVED IN SOCIAL MEDIA? 2 Introduction Social media is a trending topic for school districts. Should school districts embrace social media? Most students use some form of social media daily. Students are constantly checking their accounts to see how many “likes”, “tweets”, or “followers” they have. Teachers are constantly checking their cell phones or computers. Our society is becoming more and more dependent on social media. I think school districts should be involved in social media. I think the advantages of using social media outweigh the disadvantages. SHOULD SCHOOLS BE INVOLVED IN SOCIAL MEDIA? 3 Should schools use social media to communicate? Most schools have a Facebook or Twitter account to communicate with parents and students. We know that social media is the quickest way to make information available to the public. Students don’t think they can survive without social media. Social media is very helpful for students when they are not able to attend class. Some students have prolonged illnesses or may be terminally ill. I can post assignments, set up a place for students to blog, and answer questions students may have quickly. My son had
In this video uploaded by TVO Parents you can see that having social media in school actually works and helps the children learn in creative way. By using blogs in the classroom children are able to be creative about what they write. And there was a period of time when children were taught that being creative isn't the way to live. We were taught to write an essay in a certain order and if we were to get a little bit creative we would lose points. Now this idea of a blog in the schools has opened so many doors for the children. They are able to learn how to use proper grammar in a fun way. We can allow them to be extremely creative in their writing. Also using blogs can help the children keep their previous work so by the end of the year the teacher, parent and child and see how much progress they made within the year. The Huffington post about social media in schools gave a great point about blogs in schools. The author Jay Donaldson wrote about how using the blog sites gives the students to also get to know one another but being able to comment on each others post. And cyberbullying wouldn't be a problem as long as the teacher monitors the blog every so
Social media is a very big thing currently. Social media can be used for good, such as connecting
Social media has become a huge part of our lives and the younger generation is becoming more involved with this new technology. However, the use of social media has been a great debate in classroom settings. School districts have been conflicted with the two options: to teach along and incorporate social media into the classroom or to restrict the use of social media during school hours.
According to HHS.gov, nearly 71% of all teens use Facebook. Each one is benefiting from this usage in some way. Clearly, In today’s society, social media has become a major part of everyday life. Though this has been a change, a question still arises. Should preteens have access to social media? Though there are a few downsides to media, there are also plenty of benefits as well.
While social networking interest has grown over the years, in some form it has provided an interference to email usage. By using social network, we are able to provide our students with another outlet to contact us. They are able to keep send direct messages and ask questions, and it provides the college with the opportunity to disseminate information faster. The downfall of social media is when students become so comfortable with its usage; it is hard to teach them the proper communication skills. There is also information that needs to be distributed by a different format such as letters or confidential information but students oftentimes neglect to check their
Social media can also allow kids to prosper in their academics. Social media can make it easier for students to reach out to fellow classmates and teachers if they need
(2015). Social media illuminates some truths about school reform: social media is playing a major role as parents seek to have their voices heard in the current debates about testing, teacher evaluations, and the Common Core. Phi Delta Kappan, (1).
As school budgets are tightening social media is the way to go in terms of communicating with students, parents, staff, and other stakeholders. “Free” is my favorite word in the English language. As the educational
Yes communications using social media is important in the world we live in now. However I would have students and teachers work on the website because they are more up to date on technology then most teachers are. Quality of a school webpage is more important then
Through the years of English slowly evolves from the Shakespearean language to modern language. The English language is a living being that is just continuing to grow. Society is fighting about a new change that has been brought about since around the 1900s, as many teachers are pulling out their hairs as they come across their students papers which consisted of their informal language, their text language. Yes, social media does bring people together and make them more connected, but is it really worth it? As the students are vulnerable to the people on the Internet that can take advantage of the students information. Most people get a Facebook when they are thirteen or perhaps even younger, and at this time they are not responsible. What
Teachers are also trying to get students more engaged by including social networks such as Twitter into their classes. Zach Miners, an education writer for US News and World Report, writes about how “a growing number of professors are embracing [Twitter] as a way to introduce students to a different kind of communication” (Miners 534). Professors are trying to get students engaged both inside and outside of the classes, but it is causing one major weakness in students. Using sites such as Twitter in a classroom setting is encouraging interactions over technology versus personal interactions. Students are losing contact with the real world when deciding to engage in the use of their cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, etc. As time goes on, more and more students have a lack of people skills and how to verbally express themselves. David
A. Social media is an effective way to increase student engagement and build better communication skills.
Social media are the most ordinarily used media to connect with the world because of its many advantages and benefits. Many students are already involved in social networks and using it their daily activities including educational purposes. Social media have changed the ways of learning and providing pieces of information on education. It has been used in education nowadays more than ever and showing beneficial results out of that. Uses of social media are increasing continuously in education and both students and educators are becoming dependent on it. The reason behind this is, it is simple to access, effortless to use and easy availability. Among many of the advantages of social media in education, applying it for communication purposes, sharing class materials, files etc. for classroom projects as well as uses of QR codes are some of the leading ones.
Even for established students, having an online university presence can be helpful. Through the micro-blogging device of Twitter, the university can post up-to-the minute information about campus closings, holidays, class registration deadlines, emergencies and other important information. Twitter and Facebook accounts must also remain current nothing looks more dated than a non-updated account, given that savvy adolescent users of online media frequently
The first social media platform is a campus-wide intranet that will give students the ability to collaborate and communication 24/7 with each other and instructors, while also having a